释义 |
tru·xi·llic acid \(ˈ)trü|hē(y)ik-, -hilik-; |trək|silik-\ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary truxilline + -ic 1. : any of several crystalline stereoisomeric cyclic dicarboxylic acids (C6H5)2C4H4(COOH)2 that yield cinnamic acid on distillation; 2,4-diphenyl-cyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid: as a. : an acid obtained from alpha-truxilline by hydrolysis or from cinnamic acid by irradiation — called also alpha-truxillic acid b. : an acid obtained from alpha-truxillic acid by heating with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate and convertible again into the alpha isomer by stronger heating — called also gamma-truxillic acid c. : an acid obtained from the potassium salt of alpha-truxillic acid by fusion with potassium hydroxide — called also epsilon-truxillic acid 2. : truxinic acid |